You seem to have some sting in your words. Dude, your only 13....15, or whatever the hell your age is. When you put down one of our up-and-coming, future All-Star players, you are just throwing yourself in the fire. Expect this crap from us. You're not going to hear the end of it. If you really want to end up with a career in journalism, here's some advice: Next time, before you go off bashing, check into your research before opening your fat mouth.
This 24 point bet is ridiculous. If he is what this kid is saying, then he can't even match half of Shaq's production. Here's a better bet: If Shaq says he's good after the game, then the columnist eats crow. My God, he's a good writer, but there's so much false, inaccurate stuff in his article. There's also tons of stuff he didn't even TRY to think about. Yao Ming is NOT better than Shaq, everyone here agrees. But the All Star game is about popularity, and it seems Ming has more fans than Shaq, and that's what's important.
This is a post to SJC, cmellon, whoever. I did not launch a personal attack on Ben Collins as all of you have suggested. In fact, most posters here haven't. I think it started when somebody posted a picture of Gollum, which I think is unnecessary, and the death threat is just disturbing. However, those are the exception rather than the norm. Most people here only made attacking Ben Collins their personal crusade after he started his own attacks, either expressed or implied. "Losers, people with no life, stupid," you name it. However, one that that goes with the territory of journalism is that people aren't always going to agree with your opinions and he should have expected that. Even more importantly, journalists are supposed to be responsible in what they write. Sure he's entitiled to his own opinion. If he said Yao sucks and at least was right in his numbers and stats, people would have been less critical of him. There would still be people who disagree with him, as they are entitiled to, but at least they wouldn't be as doubtful of his abilities as a "journalist." And btw, if you are wondering, I achieved more when I was 13, 14 or 15 year old and I got ripped on more at those ages. However, I do not see how flaunting my credentials would help me make a valid argument, as Ben Collins implied. I don't base people's achievement on age nor have a taken that bad a picture at any age. That is all for now.
Time will only tell about Yao's game. Yao is still better than K. Cato or any other scrub. --BottleRocket
Is this Mark Cuban's son. He has as much s**t coming out of his mouth as he does. The poor guy thinks the Mavs are gonna get far in the playoffs I bet. Hmm I bet they get taken out in the first round. One more person to add to the S**t list!
Yeah, he's just a kid. He's a Mav's fan, obviously, and probably a rich kid who's parents live in Highland Park, and has connections to Cuban somehow so he got his own column. i can appreciate him being biased and cheering for his team. I thought the thread was going to be about a Dallas newspaper column. It's just a kid writing for a Mavs' site.
Leave the kid alone. He's probably getting the crap beat out of him for his lunch money at school right now.
Since there's nothing new in this thread (when I mean nothing new, I mean that Ben hasn't posted anything in a while), it might as well be locked. This page is just bad grammar and redundancy at its finest. There's nothing more to say, prove, or do. While it was fun, I think the ride might be over.
Who made you the lockmaster? We are just waiting for Mr Collins to get out of school, catch a ride home with his mom and reply.
I somewhat defende this kid and not bashed him. I've said I understand him for rooting for his team. If the Mavs had gotten Yao, we all must admit that we'd root for Cato to tear his head off. BUT!!! I don't know why he has to bring his trash into this forum. Yes, it's a free country and he is entitiled to his, but this is Rockets' Fan Forum. He needs to stay the hell out, do his homework, and stop playing Grand Teft Auto between chatting on the Net.
How many of you actually reply to this kid's comments by sending him an email at bencollins@attbi.com He has his own opinions, that's okay. But I thought he is a bit naive and should be taught some lessons about basketball in the NBA.
By the way, Yao Ming is from the People's Republic of China, not Republic of China(Taiwan). I forgive him for his lack of knowledge of geography.
Ben's age has nothing to do with it. The reason he gets bashed is because of one thing. He's typifies the Maverick HOMER to the core! Or any HOMER for that matter... I mean, let's say that I was 15, from LA and I said, "Shaq was the best center center that ever was, and Hakeem was a good center." Pure HOMERISM! And to make matters worse, the kid tries to pass himself off as a professional columnist. Please. First lesson. Learn objective reporting. Ask youself this. Would there be a good reason that this Kid would give Yao a bad rating? Uh, yes. HE's A MAV FAN!
